Tag



May 29, 1934. ,1. R. LA VIGNE TAG Filed Jan. 28, 1933 Patented May 29, 1934 Unirse STATES Parser carries TAG Jerome R. La Vigne, Waterbury,

Conn., assignor to Waterbury Buckle Company, Waterbury,

Conn., a corporation 3 Claims.

This invention relates to improvement in tags designed for attachment to fabrics or garments, etc., and relates in particular to tags having capacity for being attached in such manner that their subsequent removal necessarily involves the mutilation of the tag.

An object of the present invention is to provide a superior tag of the class described constructed with particular reference toease and 0 convenience of attachment.

Other objects and advantages will appear to those skilled in the art from the following, taken in conjunction with the appended claims and the accompanying drawing.

' Heretofore, in tags of the type to which the present invention relates, a body-member and a tab-member have been provided for attachment together, and suitable registering perforations have been lprovided in both of said members Y through which a rivet or eyelet has been inserted and crimped down to hold the said members together. This construction and procedure have made the task of applying such tags to a garment or the like an awkward and troublesome one, and

' have required the concurrent holding-together of the bodyand tab-members in proper registration whilst introducing an eyelet or rivet, which latter must also be held in place until a tool can be applied for crimping the same in place.

In one of its phases, as will hereinafter appear, the present invention contemplates a tag-body having one or more fastening-prongs for attaching the tag to a garment or the like, a tabmember for covering said prongs, and a rivet mounted in either the said body-member or tab- Inember so as to be conveniently available for engagement with the other of said members.

Heretofore, also, tags of the type referred to have been provided with integral tab-members suitably scored for being folded and refolded upon the body-member to cover and protect the fastening-prongs. This arrangement, however, has been open to objections for many reasons, among which may be mentioned the difficulty of registering the tab-member with and applying the same over the prongs of the body-member, owing to the fact that the said tab was pivotally connected to the body-member and not free for being bodily shifted with respect thereto.

In one form of the present invention, the bodymember is provided with a removable tab-member to facilitate the assembly of the parts, as will more fully hereinafter appear.

In the accompanying drawing:

Fig. 1 is a perspective View of one form which a tag embodying the present invention may assume;

Fig. 2 is a longitudinal sectional View thereof taken on the line 2-2 of Fig. 1 but on a larger scale;

Fig. 3 is a perspective view showing the tabmember detached from the body-member and applied over the prongs thereof, which latter have been forced through a piece of fabric;

Fig. 4 is a similar view but showing the prongs of the body-member as ,being bent outwardly to clamp the fabric and tab-member in place;

Fig. 5 is a similar view showing the tab as folded to protect the prongs and engaged with the eyelet of the body-member, which is shown as finally crimped; andI Fig. 6 is a broken View in section taken on the line larger scale.

The particular tag herein chosen for illustration includes, as shown, a body-member l() of tough paper or equivalent material having mounted in its upper end a bent-wire attaching-member `11 having complementary sharpened prongs 12--12 which, prior to putting the tag into use, are normally bent fiat against the adjacent face of the tag to facilitate packing. Slightly below the attaching-member l1, the said body-member 10 is formed centrally with a perforation 13 through which extends a tab-locking member in the form of a tubular eyelet or rivet 14 having at one end a preformed flange or head 15 engageable with the face of the tag opposite that against which the prongs 12 are normally engaged. The said eyelet 14 also includes a tubular shank 16 and a relatively slightly-expanded ange 17 adapted to be headed-over and located at the end opposite the head 15 The said eyelet is thus permanently organized with or retainably mounted in the bodymember 10 so as to be readily available for insertion through a perforation in a tab-member, as will mo-re fully appear.

At this end, opposite the attaching-member 11, the body-member 10 is provided with a readilyremovable tab-member 18 integrally connected with the body-member by relatively-slender webs- 19-19 formed by providing the material from which the tag is made with a transverse cut or the like 20. The Webs 19 and transverse cut or the like 20, or an equivalent construction, constitutes a tear-line, and the portions of the bodymember 10 and tab-member 18 adjacent the tearline, together with the tear-line, may be dened as means including a tear-line. Intermediate its respective opposite ends, the said tab-member is vertical longitudinal 5 6 of Fig. 5 but on a CTI transversely scored as at 20e, which results in virtually dividing the said tab-member into complementary flaps 21 and 22, adapted to be folded together, as will hereinafter appear.

Immediately adjacent the score 20a, the flap 21 of the tab-member 18 is formed with a pair of complementary perforations 23-23 appropriately spaced apart to receive the prongs 12-12 of the attaching-member 11 when the same are bent at a right angle to the body-member 10 for the application of the tag to a garment, as shown in Fig. 3 of the drawing. The iiap 22 of the tabmember 18 is formed centrally with a perforation 24 positioned to register with and receive the eyelet 14 when the tab is applied over the prongs 12-12 and suitably folded. Preferably and as shown, the material surrounding the perforation 24 is slitted as at 25 to facilitate the passage of the eyelet 14 through the said perforation 24.

The particular tag above described may be used in the following manner:

The prongs 12--12 of the attaching-member 1l are first bent so as to stand perpendicularly with respect to the plane of the body-member 10 and pass through the fabric 26 or other article to which it is desired to apply the tag, as shown in Fig. 3 of the drawing. The tab i8 may now be removed from the body-member 10, by tearing the Webs 19-19, and applied over the prongs 12-12, so as to have the latter project through the perforations 23-23 therein, as also shown in Fig. 3.

The fabric 26 and the tab-member 18 are now held lateralljT with respect to the said body-member 10 until the said fabric is tightly compressed between the flap 21 of the tab-member and the adjacent face of the body-member 10. Now by bending the prongs outwardly against the adjacent face of the ap 21, both the fabric 2S and the said tab-member will be united to the bodymember V10, as clearly shown in Fig. 4.

For the purpose of covering the now-outwardly bent prongs 12-12 and preventing the convenient removal of the tag from the fabric, the ap 22 of the tab-member 18 may now be bent downwardly along the score 20a, and its perforation 24 snapped over the projecting flange i7 of the eyelet 14. At the completion of the yoperation just described, the flap 21 will remain in place, so that a crimping tool may be conveniently reached for and applied to the eyelet 14 to convert the slight-flange or potential head 17 of the eyelet 14 into a definite head 2'7 which tightly engages the adjacent face of the ap 21 of the tab-member 18, as clearly shown in Fig. 6.

As thus assembled, the tag cannot be removed from the fabric 26 or such other article to which it may be attached, without mutilating the tag in some noticeable manner, inasmuch as the prongs 12-12 cannot be bent outwardly for withdrawal through the perforations 23-23 of the flap 21, so long as the flap 22 is locked in place, as shown, by the eyelet 14.

Thus, by providing a tab-member which is detachably organized with the body-member 10, preferably at the end thereof opposite the attaching-member 11, the said tab may be bodily removed from the body-member and is then free for having its perforations 231-23 conveniently registered with the prongs 12-12, inasmuch as the said tab is free for bodily shifting movement as may be required, instead of being hinged to the adjacent end of the body-member 10, as has heretofore been done.

Furthermore and irrespective of the particular nature of the tab-member 18, by providing an eyelet 14 or equivalent member, whichis delinitely organized with one of the complementary members and preferably the body-member 10, the application of the tag in the manner above described is rendered most convenient and the parts are not liable to shift and separate prior to the crimping of the eyelet.

The invention may be carried out in other specific ways than that herein set forth without departing from the spirit and essential characteristics of the invention, and the present embodiment is, therefore, to be considered in all respects as illustrative and not restrictive, and all changes coming within the meaning and equivalency range of the appended claims are intended to be embraced therein.

1 claim: y

1. A. tag including: a body-member of sheet material having a bendable attaching-member at one end, and a tab-locking-member receiving opening; a foldable tab-member; means including a tear-line and forming a detachable union between said bodyand tab-members; said tabmember having a fold-line, a tab-locking-Inemberreceiving opening on one side of said foldline, and means on the other side of said foldline for engagement with said bendable attaching-member; the distance between the last-mentioned means and said tear-line being not more than the distance between said bendable attaching-member and said tab-locking-member receiving opening of the body-member.

2. A tag including: a body-member of sheet material having a bendable attaching-member at one end, and a tab locking-member; a foldable tab-member; means at the opposite end of said body-member including a tear-line and forming a detachable union between said bcdyand tabmembers; said tab-member having a fold-line, a tab-locking-member receiving opening on one side of said fold-line, and means on the other side of said fold-line for engagement with said bendable attaching-member; the distance between the last-mentioned means and said tearline being not more than the distance between said bendable attaching-member and said tablocking-member.

3. A tag including: a body-member of sheet material having a bendable attaching-member at one end, and a tab locking-member; a foldable tab-member; means at the opposite end of said body-member including a tear-line and forming a detachable union between said bodyand tabmembers; said tab-member having a fold-line, a tab-locking-member receiving opening on one side of said fold-line, and means on the other side of said fold-line for engagement with said bendable attaching-member; the distance between the last-mentioned means and said tearline being not more than the distance between said bendable attaching-member and said tab locking-member, and said tab-member being of greatly less length than the length of said bodymember.

JEROME R. LA VIGNE. 

